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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
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Sep 05, 2018...
Alan Alda, center, communicating science at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. Credit: SUNY Stony Brook.
Ardent science-communication advocate Alan Alda recently shared that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. With his willingness to be open about this terribly intimate illness, Alda has made another investment in his work to increase the general public’s level of scientific understanding – as well as raise awareness of the disease.
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May 16, 2016... Project-Based Fundraising empowers people of all ages to join the Weizmann Institute's search for answers to humanity's greatest challenges—from fighting cancer to protecting the environment to exploring space. This platform features 12 vital Weizmann research projects in need of support. After selecting a project that inspires you, you can set up your own fundraising page, and mobilize friends and family to join your efforts. Learn more—and get involved.
Jan 25, 2016...
(l-r) Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State; Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of Weizmann Institute of Science; Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, President of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Mortimer B. Zuckerman; Prof. Peretz Lavie, President of the Technion; Prof. Joseph Klafter, President of Tel Aviv University.
Unveiled at VIP event in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks, attended by Nobel Prize Laureates, leaders from business, technology, politics, academia and the arts, Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program will be a game-changer for scientific collaboration between the United States and Israel
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Apr 03, 2017...
From left, Weber School Safe-Cracking Club members Justin Cobb, Levi Durham, Ross Williams, Eric Lieberman and Becky Arbiv with their confounding device. (Special)
Safe-cracking is the unusual hobby of five Weber School students, who won fifth place on March 29 in an international science competition where they matched wits with other students.
The safes in question aren’t the steel-and-combination-lock variety. They’re physics experiments where students build devices with clever locking mechanisms, such as lasers, that they challenge others to unlock with only a few hints.
Oct 02, 2019...
Arizona State University student Kyle Polen attending the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel to learn about scientific research.
After his senior year of high school, Kyle Polen could have used his summer to take a well-earned break before starting his first semester at Arizona State University. But Polen decided instead to study at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
Feb 05, 2017... An innovative protective suit against cosmic rays developed by Israeli startup StemRad is set to head for outer space. The Israel Space Agency and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Space today signed an agreement with the German Aerospace Center for launching the Israeli company’s innovative suit as part of the next trial flight of NASA's Orion satellite. The company’s suit is designed for the first manned flight by Orion to Mars planned by NASA.
Apr 07, 2016... On Tuesday, March 29, Dr. Yossi Elran from the the Weizmann Institute in Israel, visited with Ben Porat Yosef fourth and fifth grade Math by Mail students. Math by Mail is an interactive math enrichment program developed by the Davidson Institute, the educational division of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Dr. Elran shared a fascinating presentation with the students about the math behind card tricks, and conducted mathematical experiments involving mobius strips.
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Oct 26, 2016...
In his book “The World is Flat,” Thomas L. Friedman uses the rather lovely term “Passion Quotient.” We, at the Weizmann Institute, place just as much importance – if not more – on the scientists’ passion for a subject as on their intelligence or expertise.
How does one nurture the passion that leads to innovation?
Truly amazing amounts of knowledge are available to us today, which can be used for the development of practical applications, for example, next-generation cell phones. But such “instant gratification,” in which the science is motivated by the end results, will only get you so far in investigating questions in which we can’t even begin to fathom the discoveries and practical implications that could potentially stem from such research.
Sep 27, 2019... Fall is here and school is back in session. In the ninth episode of Weizmann in Focus, CEO Dave Doneson shares a simple tip to help prepare for success this academic year. Weizmann Prof. Noam Sobel, who studies the olfactory system, found that people who inhaled when presented with a problem-solving task performed better than those who exhaled. So, the next time you’re faced with a difficult task, take a deep breath!
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May 18, 2016...
The Weizmann Institute's Ecosphere. Credit: Sura Jeselsohn
I grew up on science fiction and in my opinion, the heyday of the genre occurred in the 50s and 60s. One staple of the genre was a spaceflight by conventional rocket that would attempt a journey that could not be completed in a normal lifespan. One standard solution was some form of hibernation or induced sleep in the astronauts in order to wait out the many years of the voyage without aging. My favorite solution, however, was the completely self-contained spaceship that would be a world unto itself for several generations.
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